Nothing Ever Dies
Vietnam and the Memory of War
Published on 11. April 2016
384 pages
978-0-674-96988-9 (ISBN)
Description
Nothing Ever Dies, Viet Thanh Nguyen writes. All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory. From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Sympathizer comes a searching exploration of a conflict that lives on in the collective memory of both the Americans and the Vietnamese.
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Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, MA; London
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Digital original
Illustrations
35 halftones
35 halftones
ISBN-13
978-0-674-96988-9 (9780674969889)
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04/2016
Harvard University Press
€49.65
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Person
Nguyen Viet Thanh :
Viet Thanh Nguyen is Associate Professor of English and American Studies & Ethnicity at the University of Southern California.
Viet Thanh Nguyen is Associate Professor of English and American Studies & Ethnicity at the University of Southern California.
Content
Cover Title Copyright Dedication Contents Prologue Just Memory Ethics Chapter 1. On Remembering One's Own Chapter 2. On Remembering Others Chapter 3. On the Inhumanities Industries Chapter 4. On War Machines Chapter 5. On Becoming Human Chapter 6. On Asymmetry Aesthetics Chapter 7. On Victims and Voices Chapter 8. On True War Stories Chapter 9. On Powerful Memory Just Forgetting Epilogue Notes Works Cited Acknowledgments Credits Index
